Who we are
Our website address is: https://markgruberphotography.com. We are Mark Gruber Photography, a small photography business.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Contact Forms
When you voluntarily submit an inquiry through our contact form, we collect the personal information you provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, and the contents of your message. We collect this information solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry.
Cookies
Our site uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Contact Form Convenience: If you submit a form on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and phone number in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again if you choose to submit another inquiry. These cookies will last for one year.
- Analytics: We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site. GA4 uses cookies to understand user behavior, such as which pages are visited, how long visitors spend on the site, and how they found us. This data helps us improve our website and services. It is collected in a way that does not personally identify you. You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices for Analytics here.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles and pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, client galleries, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites (such as YouTube, Vimeo, or a client gallery hosting service) behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may share data in the following limited circumstances:
- Google Analytics: We share anonymous, aggregated data with Google to understand website traffic and user behavior as described above.
- Spam Detection: Contact form submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection service to prevent spam.
- Service Providers: The information you submit via our contact form is sent to our email provider so we can receive and respond to your inquiry.
How long we retain your data
If you submit a contact form, we retain the information you provide for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and for our business records.
Anonymized data collected by Google Analytics is retained for 14 months before being automatically deleted*.
What rights you have over your data
You have rights over the personal data you provide to us via our contact form. You can request to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
*This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes, or any anonymized analytics data. To make such a request, please use our contact form.